The old car - Gone

Wednesday, 26 September 2007 11:56

Comments Revisited

Thursday, 31 May 2007 16:01

Ok - So my good friend Yuri updated again and comments work to my satisfaction - barring a few features two of which I'm writing the plugins for. But you can now comment on the articles.. YEAH!

Lawns

Thursday, 31 May 2007 15:50

Imagine the conversation the Creator might have had with St. Francis on the subject of lawns:

God: "Frank, you know all about gardens and nature, what in the world is going on down there on Earth? What happened to all the dandelions, violets, thistles and stuff I started eons ago? I had a perfect, no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nectar from the long lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honeybees, and flocks of songbirds. I expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. But all I see are these green rectangles."

St. Francis: "It's the tribes that settled there, Lord. The Suburbanites. They started calling your flowers weeds and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass."

God: "Grass? But it's so boring. It's not colorful. It doesn't attract butterflies, birds, and bees, only grubs and sod worms, it's temperamental with temperatures. Do these suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?"

St. Francis: "Apparently so Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn. "

God: "The spring rains and warm weather probably make the grass grow really fast. That must make the Suburbanites happy."

St. Francis: "Apparently not, Lord. As soon as it grows a little they cut it, sometimes twice a week."

God: "They cut it? Do they bale it like hay?"

St. Francis: "Not exactly Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags."

God: "They bag it? Why? Is it a cash crop? Do they sell it?"

St. Francis: "No sir. Just the opposite. They pay to throw it away."

God: "Now let me get this straight. They fertilize the grass so it will grow, and when it does grow, they cut it off and then pay to throw it away?"

St. Francis: "Yes sir.

God: "These Suburbanites must be relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work!"

St. Francis: "You aren't going to believe this, Lord. When the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it."

God: "What nonsense. At least they kept some of the trees That was a sheer stroke of genius, if I do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. In the autumn they fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. Plus, as they rot, the leaves form compost to enhance the soil. It's a natural circle of life."

St. Francis: "You had better sit down Lord. The Suburbanites have drawn a new circle. As soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away."

God: "No way! What do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter and to keep the soil moist and loose?

St. Francis: "After throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in the place of leaves."

God: "And where do they get this mulch?"

St.: Francis: "They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch."

God: "Enough. I don't want to think about this anymore. St. Catherine, you're in charge of the arts, what movie have you scheduled for us tonight?"

St. Catherine: "Dumb and Dumber, Lord. It's a real stupid movie about..."

God: "Never mind, I think I just heard the whole story from St. Francis."

Comments

Friday, 04 May 2007 22:25

I love Joomla! community - I now have a comment system that works! Only issue is that you need to register and login to submit one. I'm working with the developer to change this (or at least try and get him to change it). You can check out his site: http://yurivolkov.com/Joomla/yvComment/index_en.html

Last Two Weeks

Thursday, 03 May 2007 15:02

Sorry about the past two weeks - I'm sure everyone wants know whats been going on.

We had a bunch more firsts -

 

Mommy and Baby's first bakeing session

our first long distance car ride to great grandma's house

over to my parrents where she met one of the cats, a few out for food times, trip to barrie - and the all formentioned first vacation

It's been a busy few weeks with everyone that has wanted to meet Hannah - and some of them couldn't get to us. Our first vacation was a trip to Toronto where I was manning the Joomla! booth at IT360. Tre desided it would be better to get a hotel, and she wanted to come - so we packed up and all went. It went fairly well! We also stopped by Trish's and saw all the gang there.

I just wanted to also say a quick thanks to Mom/Dad, especially Mom for staying with Tre the first few days back - I know you want to come back, and it may happen yet. Also to the guys at work for all the support and forgiveness of my "Baby Brain".

 

Were starting to think she doesn't like her picture taken while feeding!

 

More pictures are in the gallery.